title: The potential of the flora from different regions of Pakistan in phytoremediation: a review.
abstract: Soil and water quality is greatly affected by environmental pollution due to the increasing trend of urbanization and industrialization. In many developing countries, including Pakistan, the situation is more alarming as no preventive measures are still taken to tackle the problem. Although in developed countries, many techniques are used to remediate the environment including phytoremediation. It is the most eco-friendly technique in which plants are used to remove pollutants from the environment. Pakistan has also a great diversity of plants which could be used for the remediation of environmental pollutants. To our knowledge, few studies from Pakistan were reported about the use of flora for phytoremediation. According to recent literature, 50 plant species from Pakistan are studied for remediation purposes. In this review, the potential of different plant species for phytoremediation from Pakistan has been discussed along with their comparison to other countries to relate future perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad Aqeel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kamran
authors.lastname: Amna
authors.forename: Rabia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mufti
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mubariz
authors.forename: Jabir Hussain
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: Asghari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bano
authors.forename: Muhammad Tariq
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Javed
authors.forename: Muhammad Farooq Hussain
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Munis
authors.forename: Zhiyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Hassan Javed
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D010154:Pakistan; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification*; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants